Earlier this year researchers at Stanford University published a paper on a protein that seemingly broke the Central Dogma, the cardinal rule of biology. For @sequencermag.bsky.social, I wrote about whether the scientific dogmas are important at all. www.sequencermag.com/when-the-cen...

When the Central Dogma bends, will it break?

The discovery of a protein that seemingly contradicts a fundamental law of biology raises a question: how important are those laws anyway?

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Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · last mo.

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

Some Arizonan politicians have long pushed for the state to take over federal lands. That... is not a good idea. My latest for @azcentral.com: @nature.org @azwildlifefed.bsky.social #PublicLands

Takeover of federal lands could cost Arizona $800 million, study says

On Arizona Public Lands Day, a new report examines the costs and the losses to the state for taking over federal lands.

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Excited to finally share this story Last year with support from @pulitzercenter.org, I went to the Arctic to follow scientists yanking soil on a journey down Alaska's tundra. Looking for what? Undiscovered species of fungi that form unique partnerships with plants. @quantamagazine.bsky.social

"What most people think of are the functions of a plant root system, are really the functions of the fungi attached to plant roots," the team's leader Michael Van Nuland told me. www.quantamagazine.org/an-arctic-ro...

An Arctic Road Trip Brings Vital Underground Networks into View | Quanta Magazine

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with critical stores of carbon at stake.

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Anyone who has written for @hanner.bsky.social knows that she made this piece a million times better. www.quantamagazine.org/an-arctic-ro...

An Arctic Road Trip Brings Vital Underground Networks into View | Quanta Magazine

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with critical stores of carbon at stake.

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One Tuesday in June 2025, a white Chevy Suburban set off down the northernmost highway in North America. The sun of Alaska’s polar summer hadn’t set in 40 days, and it wouldn’t set again for another 35. But for Michael Van Nuland, the biologist in the driver’s seat, time was already running out

Many thanks to Hannah for trusting me with this story, to the whole team at @quantamagazine.bsky.social (the art team did amazing work) and the Pulitzer Center for the grant, and everyone who helped me make sense of life and carbon in the Arctic. www.quantamagazine.org/an-arctic-ro...

An Arctic Road Trip Brings Vital Underground Networks into View | Quanta Magazine

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with critical stores of carbon at stake.

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Beautiful sentences, surviving the holidays, porcupines & hyena genitals

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Dan Samorodnitsky@dsamorod.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In today's @sequencermag.bsky.social newsletter, I have a bit of writing about Stephen Jay Gould, and how his writing shaped my worldview. Particularly these two diagrams of hyena genitalia.

In today's @sequencermag.bsky.social newsletter, I have a bit of writing about Stephen Jay Gould, and how his writing shaped my worldview. Particularly these two diagrams of hyena genitalia.

In the wake of James Watson's death, I tried really, really hard to come up with something to say. And all I really had to say was: we really fucked up with treating this guy like a hero. Watson sold the world a bill of goods. For @sequencermag.bsky.social. www.sequencermag.com/james-watson...

James Watson sold the idea of himself

How much could a man like Watson, an unrepentant racist, really understand about what DNA is?

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A million billion trillion thanks to @hanner.bsky.social for editing and truly helping craft this piece with me from the ground up. We published this in 2024 and it remains one of my personal favorites 💗

Quanta Magazine@quantamagazine.org · 9mo ago

Quanta contributing writer @maxlevy.bsky.social has received a Kavli Gold Award from @aaas.org and @kavlifoundation.org for “The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology,” a detailed account of how small organisms use static electricity to their advantage. www.quantamagazine.org/quantanews/q...

It's pub day!! The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2025 is out. I'm thrilled to appear with @sequencermag.bsky.social alongside many talented writers whose work I revere. Including the pieces in this anthology Get a copy from an indie store to support the series bookshop.org/a/114150/978...

Today on the site we have three new pieces all about wolves, led by an essay from @maxlevy.bsky.social that weaves together two notable books. www.sequencermag.com/what-we-lear...

What we learn in the footsteps of wolves

Up close and personal with nature's notoriously elusive carnivore.

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The story (the essay that accompanies the newsletter) was a labor of love and felt destined to come out at the time. Thanks to Shi En Kim for the edits and @sequencermag.bsky.social mentorship program!

Joanna Thompson@jojofoshosho.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hey read this @sequencermag.bsky.social piece (and the essay it links to) for some really good insight re: the supposed Tylenol and autism link.

Today on the site we have three new pieces all about wolves, led by an essay from @maxlevy.bsky.social that weaves together two notable books. www.sequencermag.com/what-we-lear...

What we learn in the footsteps of wolves

Up close and personal with nature's notoriously elusive carnivore.

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Hey read this @sequencermag.bsky.social piece (and the essay it links to) for some really good insight re: the supposed Tylenol and autism link.

Newsletter Sept. 25, 2025: Tylenol misogyny

“To the woman he said, 'I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'” - Gen...

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BONESHAKER BOOKS IS MOVING! And we need your help! After 14 years the stalwart volunteer-run bookstore @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social is moving from Seward to Uptown* and has a fundraiser to get us across town. Perks include prints, totes, and your name on the wall! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Help Boneshaker Move to Our New Home!

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

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NEWS: Boneshaker Books is moving! And we need your help to pull it off! We are looking to raise $15,000 to get us there and set up. $6,000 of that needs to be raised by 10/17. Please share! Radical bookstores forever! @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Help Boneshaker Move to Our New Home!

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

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The covert project to (finally) measure hellish subway heat

Meet Jack Klein, the guy who stealthily collects data about New York’s hottest days underground.

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Max G. Levy@maxlevy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

NY subway platforms feel hot as hell in the summer. Meet Jack Klein, the guy who stealthily collects data about New York’s hottest days underground. 🚇New in @sequencermag.bsky.social www.sequencermag.com/the-covert-p...

NY subway platforms feel hot as hell in the summer. Meet Jack Klein, the guy who stealthily collects data about New York’s hottest days underground. 🚇New in @sequencermag.bsky.social www.sequencermag.com/the-covert-p...

The covert project to (finally) measure hellish subway heat

Meet Jack Klein, the guy who stealthily collects data about New York’s hottest days underground.

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@sequencermag.bsky.social is on Ghost! They're a writer-owned publication run by science journalists @goesbykim.bsky.social, @maxlevy.bsky.social, @dsamorod.bsky.social, and @maddiebender.bsky.social www.sequencermag.com

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"How do we connect with nature? Fleeting thoughts for a fleeting summer" was a thoughtful post by Max Levy that I read today in my newsletter from Sequencer Magazine. www.sequencermag.com @sequencermag.bsky.social‬

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When will the law cover the rights of cyborgs? New piece on Sequencer, live now: www.sequencermag.com/cyborg-right...

Cyborg rights depend on new and better legal protections

Law and policy scholars consider whether pacemakers powered by the users themselves can resist corporate control, and how far the augmentation of the human body extends into the law.

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Do cyborgs have rights? When an airline damages a prosthetic, is that bodily harm or property damage? Another fascinating banger from Haley McAllister, up now @sequencermag.bsky.social www.sequencermag.com/cyborg-right...

Cyborg rights depend on new and better legal protections

Law and policy scholars consider whether pacemakers powered by the users themselves can resist corporate control, and how far the augmentation of the human body extends into the law.

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"A couple months ago, while I was thumbing through old magazines at a record shop, I landed on a gem. “Learning To Love the Computer” emblazoned the cover of Nutshell magazine, a now-defunct periodical for college students," writes @maxlevy.bsky.social www.sequencermag.com/ai-critical-...

What AI can actually do to your critical thinking skills

Chatbots won't obliterate everyone's critical thinking. Lessons from the past tech revolutions and today’s experts signal how to protect your mind.

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"A couple months ago, while I was thumbing through old magazines at a record shop, I landed on a gem. “Learning To Love the Computer” emblazoned the cover of Nutshell magazine, a now-defunct periodical for college students," writes @maxlevy.bsky.social www.sequencermag.com/ai-critical-...

What AI can actually do to your critical thinking skills

Chatbots won't obliterate everyone's critical thinking. Lessons from the past tech revolutions and today’s experts signal how to protect your mind.

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Clouds play an important role regulating the climate. To incorporate clouds into climate models scientists are learning more about the *biology* of clouds: studies of plants, plankton & organics flung up by sea spray. Major thanks @joespring.bsky.social for edits on this tinyurl.com/388ncr38

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Life Makes Clouds, and Their Discoveries May Drastically Improve Climate Science

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form

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At Standing Rock, the FBI had 10+ inside informants. The pipeline's security company used Iraq War tactics. Modern disinfo tactics were rampant. For @sequencermag.bsky.social I talked with @alleenbrown.bsky.social of @drilledmedia.bsky.social about misinfo and the legacy of Standing Rock.

"Drilled" goes deep on fossil fuel industry misinformation and the legacy of Standing Rock

Investigative journalist Alleen Brown, the host of the podcast's 12th season, spoke with Sequencer about the how energy companies use misinformation in courtrooms and the court of public opinion.

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If you've ever read a book review on Sequencer and wondered, "hey, where can I buy this book?" don't worry, we've got you covered: buy it on our Bookshop storefront! bookshop.org/lists/as-see...

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